NOTE 8 – LONG-TERM DEBT

On August 16, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with Hercules Capital, Inc. (“Hercules”), with respect to a venture debt facility. Under the Loan Agreement, $15,000 was advanced to the Company on the date the Loan Agreement was executed. The Company was required to make interest only payments through March 1, 2023, and started to then repay the principal balance and interest in equal monthly installments through September 1, 2025.

The Loan Agreement provided that the Company could prepay advances under the Loan Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time subject to a prepayment charge equal to 1.0% after 24 months but prior to 36 months following the Closing Date Upon prepayment or repayment of all or any of the term loans under the Term Loan Facility, the Company is required to pay an end of term charge (“End of Term Charge”) equal to 6.55% of the total aggregate amount of the term loans being prepaid or repaid. On March 19, 2024, the Company prepaid the entire balance under the Term Loan Facility in a total of $10,428. The prepayment included the End of Term Charge of $983 and accrued interest of $69. The Company received from Hercules a waiver regarding the prepayment charge that should have been 1% out of the prepaid principal amount that equals to $94.

Interest expense relating to the term loan, which is included in interest expense in the condensed statements of operations was $850 and $565 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023, respectively.